Join the European Universities Championships 2023!

The deadline for registrations into this year’s EUSA European Universities Championships are still opened for the sports taking place in August and September and have been slightly extended for few other sports.

We are announcing the reopening of the registrations until 15th of March, with a few spots left, for: 3x3 Basketball, Badminton, Combat Sports (Judo, Karate, Kickboxing and Taekwondo), Futsal, Table Tennis, Tennis (women teams only), Volleyball (men teams only) and Water Polo.

The deadline for the sports taking place in August and September, remains 15th of March. Therefore, if your chosen sport is Orienteering, Rugby7s, Golf, Rowing and Beach Sports: Beach Handball and Volleyball, do not hesitate and register and secure yourself a place in another great EUSA competitions.

This year, as many more since 2001, when the first European Universities Championships started as being part of EUSA Sports program, higher education students in Europe, have the opportunity to take part in 16 European Universities Championships, that will be taking place around 16 European cities and countries. Some of them have already been hosts to multiple Championships before, some of them are trying their organising skills for an EUSA event for the very first time.

Spaces across all sports are limited however, and registrations will completely close once the limit of participants in each competition has been reached.
Interested participants should see the event pages for details and contact the national university sports body in your country to register.

At the same time, please note that we are also inviting invite volunteers to register their interest to take part in the sports events and contribute to the organisation of the championships, with the same deadlines to apply March 15 for sports which start in August and September.

If your plans for the summer are to represent your university on one of the European Universities Championship and taking on the best from universities across Europe in your favourite sport, do not miss the last chance to get to the competition.

For more information about the European Universities Championships, please see EUSA Championships, for general overview, and specific event pages for details.

Zero discrimination in sport

This month’s What’s up student Column examines the topic of Zero Discrimination in Sports from the point of a current EUSA volunteer, Kinga Gaal who used to be a professional powerlifter athlete.

The first of March is designated as Zero Discrimination Day each year. By opposing the governments and policies that support or promote discrimination, as the name implies, this day strives to create a world free from discrimination. There are many ways to discriminate against athletes, especially in sports depending on the genders, races, sexualities, beliefs and disabilities.

Should women and men in gender balanced teams compete against each other? This is one of the most controversial topics in sports, it is extremely difficult to give a straightforward answer.

There are many challenges that women may encounter in the context of sports. One of the most effective ways for advancing gender equality and empowering women, is Sport. Gender equality, inclusion and diversity are fundamental principles of Olympism and the International Olympic Committee set strategic gender equality & inclusion objectives and goals for the time period between 2021-2024 (Paris). The Olympic Games Tokyo in 2020 was the first ever gender- balanced Olympics in history and in the future plan is to continue this outstanding achievement.
The main objectives include renewed focus on accelerating progress across the entire Olympic Movement and the implementation of the Olympic Agenda 2020+5.

From my personal perspective, there weren't many female powerlifters when I started to take the sport more seriously. Regarding women participating in this sport, there are several perceptions, it is not particularly considered as a feminine sport and there is a general belief that male exclusively achieve more success in it. After two years of international competitions, I saw an increase in the number of women in my field and the level of competitiveness. It was incredibly inspiring for me the fact that there was more and more emphasis on gender equality in powerlifting and in the social media female athletes shared their experience and motivated people to start their powerlifting journey.

Young people from all around the world have the chance to discuss, create, advance, improve and promote diversity, inclusion, equality and acceptance. I am lucky to be part of the European University Sport Association which is an international organization where I can reach and influence the young generation to talk about the importance of the Zero discrimination in sports. Doing sports is a useful tool to embrace and involve everyone and encourage.

The author of this article Kinga Gaal is a graduate of the University of Groningen, completed a Bachelor degree in International Business. Currently she is a volunteer at the European University Sports Association.

People are meant to be one and not divided on the basis of gender, race or color. Let us make this world one strong place on the occasion of Zero Discrimination Day.

Are you a student with an opinion? We are looking for new contributors for our student column every month. Feel free to contact stc@eusa.eu to offer a piece or propose a topic.

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